Normal office hours

Monday – Friday
8.15 – 17.30

Evening office hours
Mittwoch 8.15 – 20.00

    Get in touch

    with us

    Call us at +41 44 533 81 00 or fill out the adjoining form. We are here to help you.

    Please select the topic for which we may call you:


    Appointments that are not kept must be charged for.

    * This information must be provided.

    Prevention

    of breast cancer

    A balanced diet, regular exercise and a normal body weight can reduce the risk of contracting breast cancer.
    If breast cancer does occur, it is important to detect it as it develops, which requires the best possible diagnostics. This may involve a combination of palpation by a doctor, mammography, breast ultrasound or other imaging techniques such as MRI, as well as tissue sampling.

    “Information about my risk factors made me change my lifestyle.”

    Preventive
    measures

    Recommendations of the Swiss Cancer League
    The Swiss Cancer League recommends early detection measures such as monthly self-examination, annual gynecological screening (with breast palpation) from the age of 40, basic mammography between the ages of 40 and 50, and mammograms at two-year intervals thereafter for women without a family history of breast cancer. For women with a family history of breast cancer, the examination intervals should be determined on an individual basis.

    Breast cancer is a very common disease, with a risk of developing it being about 13 percent for women in Switzerland.

    No apparent cause is found in 90 percent of all breast cancers. Factors such as hormone therapy, lifestyle, radiation exposure, obesity or diet may play a role, while 10 percent of all breast cancers are easily explainable. Predisposition to the disease is inherited from the parents. The frequent occurrence of breast cancer cases over several generations within the same family, a very young age of onset, or male breast cancer sufferers suggest an inherited predisposition to breast cancer. Where breast cancer is determined as genetic, there will be further cancer risks in other organs, and close relatives could also have an increased risk.

    Genetic counseling allows an evaluation of whether clarification by means of genetic testing should be recommended. If so, testing will be arranged, and the results and possible consequences will be discussed afterwards.

    Our lifestyle is one factor within a complex interaction of many causes involved in the development of breast cancer. What makes this factor special, however, is the possibility of being able to influence one’s own risk of disease by consciously changing one’s lifestyle. Numerous articles, also in the tabloid press, testify to a great interest in this topic. At the same time, the flood of information makes it difficult to distinguish effective recommendations from those that are not useful.

    Observation of the sometimes marked geographic differences in breast cancer incidence had long suggested a link between lifestyle and disease. This can also be confirmed scientifically today. Numerous studies show that a healthy and balanced diet, regular exercise and a normal body weight not only reduce the risk of breast cancer, but also positively influence the course of the disease. A clear link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer has also been demonstrated. This applies less clearly to smoking.

    Uneasy?

    Has your breast changed, and you are uneasy? Maybe our online check will help, or contact us.
    Phone +41 44 533 81 00, e-mail info@brust-zentrum.ch

    x  Powerful Protection for WordPress, from Shield Security
    This Site Is Protected By
    Shield Security